Liverpool Daily Post opens up with liveblog of working day

Many of the people who read this blog are already well aware of this, but just in case, I couldn't let this pass. If you have any interest in the future of journalism and newspapers, I think this will be worth looking at.

The Liverpool Daily Post today opened up and invited the world to watch as a newspaper was put together.

From the Editor to the reporters, it liveblogged its working day, letting readers know how they go about doing what they do, asking for feedback on editorial decisions, even inviting the cameras into afternoon conference and a features planning meeting and streaming them live via the likes of Qik.

I've managed to keep up with the liveblog, and watched some of the live streaming, but haven't watched the full three episodes of Conference on YouTube just yet.

At one point, it even looked like we might get a small PR case study as reporters began to get frustrated at the apparent lack of access they were getting to the big story of the day - that of a fire in one of the city's oldest buildings, just weeks after it reopened after an extensive refurbishment. Fortunately, it looks like they got the interview they needed in the end

In short, it was fascinating to watch.

Now, however, the interesting stuff begins. There'll be a review of how the experiment went in tomorrow's paper, but I expect more conversations from the likes of deputy editor and social media evangelist, Alison Gow, as she and others take stock of what they learned and gained from today's experience. I hope to come back and update here when they do.

Hackflack - an update

As you'll have noticed, blogging has been very light in the past few months, and shows no sign of picking up again soon. The house sale/purchase is still going on, and what with both work and life to get on with, I'm struggling to find the hours to put into posting here.

I just wanted to update, however, to say that Hackflack lives on elsewhere if you want to keep up with me.

For example, I still manage to update Twitter from time to time.

There's also my Google Reader link blog, which I update sporadically (and now with notes!)

And of course, I'm still on Facebook, LinkedIn and Friendfeed - for the time being.